Queen of the Yukon

(1940)

74 minutes

Drama / Western
 
Directed by Phil Rosen
 
Cast:

Charles Bickford as Ace Rincon
Irene Rich as Sadie Martin
June Carlson as Helen Martin
Dave O'Brien as Bob Adams
George Cleveland as Grub
Guy Usher as Stake
Melvin Lang as John Thorne
Tristram Coffin as Carson
Jack Daley as Captain
John Merton as Charlie
Johnny Morris as Runt
J. Merrill as Holmes Walker
 
Northwestern woman Sadie owns a casino riverboat used by gold-miners to drink and gamble their way to their claims. The Yukon Mining Company sends John Thorne to take over Sadie's boat and then cheat the miners out of their claims. Unfortunately, Sadie complies due to her desperately needing the money from the sale of the boat to bring her daughter back from boarding school. When Sadie's daughter, Helen, arrives with her boyfriend Bob, never knowing what her mother did for a living, Sadie becomes distressed by how much the refined Helen loves the Yukon and that Bob begins to work for Thorne. Sadie calls on her ex-partner Ace to get her back the boat and set things right. Based on a Jack London story.